US EditionPaul McCartney Says 'There Must Be an Answer' After Treasured Item Was 'Nicked' - Liverpool Echo
BBC Arts commissions 'The Beatle and the Bass' to chronicle the 51-year mystery and fan-led recovery of Paul McCartney's stolen Hofner 500/1 bass guitar.
- This year BBC Arts commissioned The Beatle And The Bass, produced by Passion Pictures and directed by Arthur Cary, featuring Sir Paul McCartney discussing his recovered H f6fner 500/1 bass guitar.
- A fan-led campaign, The Lost Bass Project, launched in 2018, found McCartney's stolen H f6fner 500/1 bass guitar in a south coast attic in September 2023.
- The documentary features interviews with Sir Paul McCartney, Mike McCartney, Klaus Voormann, Elvis Costello, and journalists from The Lost Bass Project, highlighting the Hofner's early Beatles role and sentimental value.
- Part of BBC Arena 50th Anniversary, Fremantle will handle global distribution, with a theatrical run before streaming on Prime Video starting Feb. 25, 2026.
- As Arena marks 50 years, Passion Pictures—BAFTA winner this year for Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story—produces this film, joining other Arena commissions celebrating the series' half-century.
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Paul McCartney’s Stolen Bass Guitar Saga to Be Told in New Documentary From ‘Super/Man’ Producers
The epic story behind Paul McCartney’s stolen bass guitar, which was returned to him in 2024 after 51 years, will be told in a new feature-length documentary directed by Arthur Cary (“Surviving 9/11,” “The Last Survivors”). Titled “The Beatle and the Bass,” the documentary is produced by Passion Pictures, which won this year’s BAFTA with […]
“It went off into the universe and it left us thinking, where did it go? There must be an answer…” The remarkable story of Paul McCartney’s Höfner 500/1 bass – which went missing for 50 years – to feature in new documentary
McCartney's 'Violin' bass was stolen in London in 1972 and was the subject of a global hunt before being returned to him in 2024
Paul McCartney will soon appear in a documentary about the theft of his very first bass guitar. In "The Beatle and the Bass," the ex-Beatle and others involved talk about the instrument, which McCartney recovered last year, 51 years after the theft, Variety reports.
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